This is nonsense. Rick Perry, in his first National debate, acquitted himself quite well. He was the one who had the most to lose, and he held his own against the snarky onslaught of the odious duo of DIM moderators, and against Mitt, who was far better than in 2008.
IMO there are only three real possible candidates: Mitt, Perry, and Sarah. The battle now is between Mitt and Perry, until or if Sarah jumps in.
I think Sarah will be the stronger true conservative candidate with less baggage.
We can all agree that any one if them is a giant compared to the diminishing midget that was obama.
If you are right then Perry is the nominee, I don’t see Mitt having a snowball’s chance in South Carolina without which no one has won the nomination since the state held its first primary and Sarah seems to be out. I have as yet seen no evidence to indicate that the WOMEN of America have any interest in putting a woman in the white house, if they did we would be moaning about president Clinton again rather than president Obama.